Parent Lets Daughter Exclude Lazy Neighbor From Yard Business

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mattstaff
May 30, 2021 3:00 PM EDT

This parent decided to consult the moral judges of Reddit's AITA community to see whether or not they were in the wrong for letting their daughter exclude an apparently lazy neighbor from their yard business. Folks seem to be in agreement that the parent didn't do anything wrong. If anything, they could've been serving up a little wakeup call to the neighbor. For some more drama between neighbors check out these passive aggressive notes that were left by angry neighbors. 

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    Font - AITA for not making my daughter rehire the neighbor girl to her small business? My daughter (12) started a small business with birthday money she'd saved up. She hired a few kids from the neighborhood to work in her business once it started to grow. One of the neighborhood kids she hired wasn't doing satisfactory work, so she ended up having to fire her. I stayed out of it. Not my place to micromanage. The mother of the child my daughter let go contacted me and said her child was feeling
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    Font - I explained I'm really not involved in her business at all, so I didn't feel right doing that. She said it's all well and good to stand back to an extent but when it gets to the point that it's exclusionary it's my responsibility to step in as the parent, because now her child's feelings had been hurt, and that's more important than how lucrative my daughter's business is or isn't. I told her I couldn't help. She was pretty flustered and said I could help but was choosing not to. It got t
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    Rectangle - I see both sides, and worry I was harsh in what I said to her or should have given her concerns a longer hearing. But I don't know what else I could have said (or not said) to her. AITA for refusing to intervene? Edit: typo 2.8k 379 |↑, Share
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    Smile - hockeypup · 17h • Pooperintendant [60] 1 Award NTA. Disappointment is part of life. If that other child wants to keep a job, they need to do the job. G Reply 1 4.1k 3 ... +
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    Font - MountShiroi • 17h NTA. Your daughter sounds like she is hitting all the right notes, including personnel management. You should be very proud of her. G Reply 1 1.7k 3 ...
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    Font - NTA her child was feeling left out now that they couldn't participate in the business So she can start her own. GReply 798 3 + ...
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    Organism - Thia-M • 17h •Certified Proctologist [24] Your daughter is already more competent than half of my coworkers. Can you ask her to send me her resume? Lol In all seriousness, NTA and that kid has a bright future ahead of her. G Reply 579 •..
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    Font - NTA. Entitled people be entitled. Curious as to what the business is though. G Reply 227 ...
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    Organism - hotfrspock · 17h • Certified Proctologist [26] NTA- tell that mom to teach her kid a lesson in work ethics with this situation. Things aren't exclusionary when it comes to business and the reason is "you aren't doing a good job". G Reply 1 102 3 ... +
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    Rectangle - hello_detour • 17h • Colo-rectal Surgeon [47] NTA. I get that they're 12 but your daughter has put real money into this and she can choose who she wants working with her. G Reply 1 64 3 ...
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    Smile - roselle3316 · 17h • Partassipant [1] NTA. Sounds like you've got quite a successful business woman on your hands. Hiring and firing is part of business. Welcome to the real world kids. # Reply 58 ...
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    Font - bamf1701 • 17h • Certified Proctologist [29] NTA. It is your daughter's business and she needs to learn how to run it herself. She would not be able to do that if you interfered with her decisions. Also, you were 100% correct: it is not your place to micromanage. If the kid was not performing up to standard, they should have been fired. If the kid did not want to be excluded, they should have worked better. This is a life lesson for them. Yes, you made a decision to not get involved, but
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    Rectangle - saranoth25 • 17h · Partassipant [2] NTA- It's not your fault the child wasn't doing a good job and had to be fired Reply 12 ...
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    Rectangle - IndyAndyJones7 · 15h NTA. Maybe suggest the mom thank your daughter for the teaching opportunity. Employee performs poorly, employee gets fired. That's how things should work, and this kid can learn it early, and work harder to succeed. G Reply 1 5 ...
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    Font - MollyRolls · 17h · Partassipant [3] NTA. This isn't a social thing where sometimes you have to suck it up and invite everyone; this is a business. G Reply 1 11 3
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